Looking at other recent recoveries, the EIG report notes the 1990s saw a net increase of nearly 421,000 business establishments, and 405,000 in the 2000s. By contrast, over the first five years of the 2010s recovery, the number of business establishments increased by only 166,500.


“A mere 20 counties accounting for only 17 percent of the U.S. population were responsible for half of the net national increase in business establishments from 2010 to 2014.




The whole article

https://www.aei.org/publication/from-startups-to-jobs-americas-lopsided-economic-recovery/

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Fuck small businesses.

Step your game up or gtfo. Get bigger...

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Amazon and Wamart running and ruining the world.

Amazon is wonderful. Next...

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So the downward trend is continuing. I don't see anything about death.

Not in Mayberry!

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

The romanticization of small business was always a little strange. I like local places too but it doesn't make it inherently better to be a small business when it provides worse service.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Small business thrives in dane county. There are endless places you necer heard of anywhere else because people in wisconsin hate outsiders.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Citing the American Enterprise Institute as authoritarian in this area is pretty funny. In virtually every other American business article, they'll pretty much tout the greater economies of scale, consistent service/product, and the rest of the lines from the big businesses that fund it (& their studies/polls).

AEI claiming to be remotely interested in small business' interests is hilarious (except as they can cynically bring that canard into politics).

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Small business and growth on the steps up is crucial to maintaining economic freedom which is important because ones economic freedom is directly related to ones personal freedom and liberty. And "small business" isn't just the "Corner Shop" that sells milk and candy, it's small tech, manufacturing, design, engineering, machining, fabs and countless niche enterprises. Lose those and you lose competition/innovation then you stagnate and decline after which you install outright indentured servitude. This is what has been happening and continues to happen. You also lose the growth of small to medium to large businesses as well. But right now we continue to cook up new ways to make the barrier and cost of entry to all sectors of business higher and higher to protect large multinationals that would and do sell out the U.S.A at every turn. Instead of us giving away the store and begging for G.E. and the the multinationals to come back to the U.S. to manufacture microwaves maybe we should tip even the scales and tear down some barriers. Government created and enforced monopolies isn't really the way to go unless a banana republic appeals to you.

Again, it's not about people picking up their milk and diapers at Wal-Mart instead of the Corner Store owned by Ma and Pa Kettle.

The song, yes; the socio-economic framework, no.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I don't disagree with you in theory & honest practice there. I do believe that AEI is generally disingenuous in this area to justify dumbed down politicians cynically using this issue.

And then on the AEI positions on the blocked Pfizer/Allergan merger, or the recent Bayer/Monsanto events.

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Oh, don't misunderstand, I'm not taking the AEI side here. Their agenda is pro (Multi National) business and little else. A rubber stamp think tank funded by big business and then used by politicians as a reference for their stupid anti American schemes when they want to screw us over.

They seem to kinda be the blind squirrel here and I just felt the need to bloviate.

Those small businesses should be smarter and work harder.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way